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1000 Years of Popular Music

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Released
  
July 2003

Producer
  
Simon Tassano

Artist
  
Richard Thompson

Label
  
Cooking Vinyl

Length
  
76:06

1000 Years of Popular Music(2003)
  
Ducknapped!(2003)

Release date
  
July 2003

Genres
  
Rock music, Rock and roll

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Recorded
  
July 2002 at Joe's Pub, New York

Similar
  
Richard Thompson albums, Rock music albums

1000 Years of Popular Music is a 2003 live album by Richard Thompson.

Contents

The album was originally conceived after Richard Thompson, along with many other artists, was asked by Playboy magazine to nominate his choice of songs of the last 1000 years. He took them exactly at their word and served up a list that included the oldest-known English-language songs, a medieval Italian dance tune and various other folk songs alongside slightly more contemporary fare. The list was never published by Playboy; it was subsequently released into CD format. The songs comprising the track list cover a roughly thousand-year period, 1068–2001, starting with "Sumer Is Icumen In". The most recent song included on the album is Britney Spears' hit "Oops!... I Did It Again".

The songs, arranged for play on a single guitar, are played by Thompson, vocalist Judith Owen, and percussionist Michael Jerome, when needed.

A DVD with the same name was released in 2006. This was recorded some time later during a different tour, has a slightly different track listing and features Debra Dobkin replacing Michael Jerome on percussion and vocals.


Track listing of original CD version

  1. "Sumer Is Icumen In" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
  2. "King Henry V's Conquest of France" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
  3. "When I Am Laid In Earth" (Henry Purcell, arr. by Thompson)
  4. "So Ben Mi C'ha Bon Tempo" (Orazio Vecchi, arr. by Thompson)
  5. "Shenandoah" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
  6. "Blackleg Miner" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
  7. "Waiting at the Church" (Henry E. Pether and Frank W. Leigh, arr. by Thompson)
  8. "Trafalgar Square" (C.W. Murphy, arr. by Thompson)
  9. "There Is Beauty in the Bellow" (from The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan, arr. by Thompson)
  10. "Why Have My Loved Ones Gone?" (Stephen Foster, arr. by Thompson)
  11. "Old Rocking Chair's Got Me" (Hoagy Carmichael)
  12. "Orange-Coloured Sky" (Milton DeLugg/William Stein)
  13. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton)
  14. "Drinking Wine Spo-dee-o-dee" (Stick McGhee/J. Mayo Williams)
  15. "The Fool" (Lee Hazlewood)
  16. "A Legal Matter" (Pete Townshend)
  17. "Tempted" (Glenn Tilbrook/Chris Difford)
  18. "Kiss" (Prince)
  19. "Oops!… I Did It Again" (Max Martin/Rami Yacoub)
  20. "Sam Hall" (unknown, arr. by Thompson)
  21. "Money, Money, Money" (Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus)
  22. "It Won't Be Long" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
  23. "Marry, Ageyn Hic Hev Donne Yt" (trad., arr. by Thompson) – introduced as a "medieval tune from Brittany", but actually a medieval-style version of Britney Spears' "Oops!… I Did It Again"

Track listing of 2CD/DVD version

(recorded at a different show)

  1. "Sumer Is Icumen In" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
  2. "King Henry" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
  3. "So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo" (Orazio Vecchi, arr. by Thompson)
  4. "Bonnie St. Johnstone" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
  5. "O Sleep Fond Fancy" (Thomas Morley)
  6. "Remember O Thou Man" (Thomas Ravenscroft)
  7. "Shenandoah" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
  8. "Blackleg Miner" (trad., arr. by Thompson)
  9. "I Live in Trafalgar Square" (C.W. Murphy)
  10. "There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast" (from The Mikado) (W.S. Gilbert/Arthur Sullivan, arr. by Thompson)
  11. "Java Jive" (Ben Oakland/Milton Drake)
  12. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter)
  13. "Orange-Coloured Sky" (Milton DeLugg/William Stein)
  14. "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (Granville "Stick" McGhee/J. Mayo Williams)
  15. "A-11" (Hank Cochran)
  16. "See My Friends" (Ray Davies)
  17. "Friday on My Mind" (George Young/Harry Vanda)
  18. "Tempted" (Chris Difford/Glenn Tilbrook)
  19. "Oops!… I Did It Again" (Max Martin/Rami Yacoub)
  20. "Cry Me A River" (Arthur Hamilton)
  21. "1985" (Jaret Reddick/John Allen/Mitchell Scherr)
  22. "Sam Hall" (trad., arr. by Thompson)

Personnel

  • Richard Thompson – guitar and vocals
  • Michael Jerome – percussion
  • Judith Owen – vocals
  • Debra Dobkin – percussion and vocals (DVD version)

    • Songs

    1Sumer is Icumen In3:10
    2King Henry V's Conquest of France4:35
    3When I Am Laid in Earth4:07

    References

    1000 Years of Popular Music Wikipedia
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